Unfragmented – Features not Firms
If you’ve attended health innovation conferences over the last decade, there seems to be an interesting paradox at work. On one hand, everyone claims to be looking for ways to help engage patients more effectively in their care, which generally means simplifying and focusing the experience while decreasing its complexity. On the other, there continues [&he
A Connected System of Health
Crossover Health is undergoing a foundational shift in our business model, our care delivery approach, and the value we create for our member patients and employer clients. The transition began in March 2018, when we realized that being a medical staffing company operating clinics would only be at best a partial fulfillment of our underlying […]
Asynchrononous – Making Time
When we think of the broad impact of technology in our daily lives, our first thoughts are often to how much faster technology can help us accomplish our work. Complex interactions can be abstracted away as processes are automated or optimized; efficiencies can be gained that remove friction and facilitate transactions; and, we often think […]
NJ ACO: A Sheep in PHYCORE Clothing
I am on an email list of Bill DeMarco’s, a reputable industry insider who has written and consulted extensively in the physician group and medical management space. He recently sent me a note about several physician aggregation events in New Jersey. For some reason it struck a nerve with me . . . which led […]
“When you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability”
“When you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. your tastes only narrow & exclude people. So create.” – From a ruby dude
Unsustainable: Worth a Thousand Words
I don’t even think there is anything to say about this picture:
Crossover Piquant: Check this out!
Piquant (pē-känt’) adj. Appealingly provocative Charming, interesting, or attractive One of the great promises of technology is to make things simpler, easier, and more affordable for end users. In the medical practice, we have so much complexity, difficulty, and cost in most of our processes that when we find something that actually works as adverti
Incipient Insouciants – Pharyngitis and Beesting to open the doors
Insouciant (ĭn-sū’sē-ənt) adj. Marked by blithe unconcern; nonchalant Happily unconcerned; carefree. Its a funny thing to start a brand new medical practice completely from scratch. To be completely unfettered, unbound, and perhaps a little unhinged to do things every way that you thought they can be done. It is actually quite a rare opportunit
This is the future
http://ht.ly/2HWw7 This is the future with government administered pricing. Physicians unwilling and unable to accept these rates.
Day 44: Lets Get this Party Started – It’s Hammertime!
Hammer (hăm’ər) v. To hit, especially repeatedly, with or as if with a hammer; pound. To force upon by constant repetition To defeat soundly, to inflict a heavy loss or damage on. It has been months in the making, years in the formation, and what seems like an eternity to finally arrive but it was […]